Starlin Traded to Yankees for Adam Warren & Brendan Ryan

[Guest]

Thanks for posting that, TT.

[Sammy Sofa]

Well now I'm really sad: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/starlin-castro-cubs-yankees/

 

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[Banedon]

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[ConstableRabbit]

Down with megathreads.

[weis21]

What an awesome letter. Thanks for posting that, TT.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I wonder if he even read that before it was published.

 

Thanks for the memories Starlin. Good luck in New York.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[Cubfanintheknow]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

[Tracer Bullet]

I'm really excited that we're going to be a winning franchise. But Theo is also ruthless.

[jersey cubs fan]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

[Sammy Sofa]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

 

Pretty much. But it's still beautiful, dammit!

[Irishoshea21]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

 

There is no way he wrote that. But a nice enough read. I hope he does well in New York.

[Guest]

Guessing he said some stuff along the lines of what was in the letter and someone wrote it for him.

[ConstableRabbit]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

Maybe. I do know several people with poor spoken English who are excellent writers. It's not like it was particularly well-written as is and it was posted by a publication that has an editorial staff vs. on his his instagram or something, so I think it's possible that it wasn't ghostwritten.

[Sammy Sofa]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

Maybe. I do know several people with poor spoken English who are excellent writers. It's not like it was particularly well-written as is and it was posted by a publication that has an editorial staff vs. on his his instagram or something, so I think it's possible that it wasn't ghostwritten.

 

For me it was less of a language thing and more that I doubt any athlete actually wrote it when something like that comes out.

[ConstableRabbit]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

Maybe. I do know several people with poor spoken English who are excellent writers. It's not like it was particularly well-written as is and it was posted by a publication that has an editorial staff vs. on his his instagram or something, so I think it's possible that it wasn't ghostwritten.

 

For me it was less of a language thing and more that I doubt any athlete actually wrote it when something like that comes out.

Now I'm curious -- why not?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.

It's almost difficult to believe he wrote it.

Maybe. I do know several people with poor spoken English who are excellent writers. It's not like it was particularly well-written as is and it was posted by a publication that has an editorial staff vs. on his his instagram or something, so I think it's possible that it wasn't ghostwritten.

 

For me it was less of a language thing and more that I doubt any athlete actually wrote it when something like that comes out.

Now I'm curious -- why not?

Because most athletes are big dumb dummies.

[jersey cubs fan]

and the 2 or 3 of them that can managed coherent tweets are considered outliers.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I don't care if he wrote it or not, or how much of a hand he had in it -- it still was very touching and made me sad. I haven't been sad about him leaving... like, at all. Now I am.

 

It's not that I didn't like him or wanted to see him gone or anything. I've just been kinda detached. Good baseball move; thanks for your time, Starlin. On to the next one. But that made me all sentimental and emotional, and made me feel all those other horrible, you know, feelings.

[Schwarber Fan]

He obviously wrote the letter in Spanish and had it translated.

[SouthSideRyan]

[expletive] you guys for ruining this and somebody PM me if something not sad comes out of this thread plz.

[squally1313]

[Irishoshea21]

He obviously wrote the letter in Spanish and had it translated.

 

No way.

 

A real writer asked him a few questions (tell me what you remember from your debut, favorite memories, thoughts on the fans, etc.) he gave some quotes and then the writer crafted it into that. Using some quotes and then filling in the rest.

 

It's fine for what it is, but what's off putting to me about the players tribune thing is that it's supposed to be straight from the player. It's not really that at all.

[Guest]

He obviously wrote the letter in Spanish and had it translated.

 

No way.

 

A real writer asked him a few questions (tell me what you remember from your debut, favorite memories, thoughts on the fans, etc.) he gave some quotes and then the writer crafted it into that. Using some quotes and then filling in the rest.

 

It's fine for what it is, but what's off putting to me about the players tribune thing is that it's supposed to be straight from the player. It's not really that at all.

 

Ghostwritten stories are still consistent with what the Player's Tribune is supposed to be. It's aiming to be the player's side of the story, free from media interpretation/spin/narrative. If they have someone help them craft their narrative, it still fulfills that main goal.

[jersey cubs fan]

He obviously wrote the letter in Spanish and had it translated.

 

No way.

 

A real writer asked him a few questions (tell me what you remember from your debut, favorite memories, thoughts on the fans, etc.) he gave some quotes and then the writer crafted it into that. Using some quotes and then filling in the rest.

 

It's fine for what it is, but what's off putting to me about the players tribune thing is that it's supposed to be straight from the player. It's not really that at all.

 

Ghostwritten stories are still consistent with what the Player's Tribune is supposed to be. It's aiming to be the player's side of the story, free from media interpretation/spin/narrative. If they have someone help them craft their narrative, it still fulfills that main goal.

It's a PR firm. This is not free from spin, it's spun by professional image shapers. It doesn't fulfill anything other than disseminating PR created press releases.